Waiting for the Weekend Witold Rybczynski
Home: A Short History of an Idea
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- Forlag
In this illuminating book, Witold Rybczynski walks us through five centuries of homes both great and small, from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to the Ralph Lauren–designed environments of today. On a house tour like no other—one that delightfully explicates the very idea of "home"—you'll see how social and cultural changes influenced styles of decoration and furnishing, learn the connection between wall-hung religious tapestries and wall-to-wall carpeting, discover how some of our most welcome luxuries were born of architectural necessity, and much more.
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781481574402
Udgivelsesdato
Lydbog: 6. august 2012
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